Takahisa Zeze
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| Takahisa Zeze | |
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| Born | 1960 Japan |
| Occupation | Film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1989 – present |
Takahisa Zeze (瀬々敬久 Zeze Takahisa?, born in 1960) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Sato and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (ピンク四天王 pinku shitenno?).[1]
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[edit] Life and career
-- Takahisa Zeze[2]
Takahisa Zeze was born in 1960 and graduated from Kyoto University in 1986. While attending this prestigious liberal arts college, Zeze began making experimental films. He began his career in the film industry working for Shishi Productions as a scriptwriter and assistant director for various pink film directors, including Hisayasu Sato.[3]
Zeze usually writes the scripts for his films, which often contain examinations of social concerns not usually found in the pink film genre. His style is much less violent than Sato's, and rarely includes rape, one of the traditional thematic staples of the pink film from earliest times. Zeze also engages in more satire and self-conscious humor than is typical in the genre. He has the habit of giving his films eccentric titles during their production which the studios replace with a more commercially exploitable name before release. For example, Zeze's title My Existence Is a Phenomenon Based on the Hypothesis of Blue Light Generated by Organic Currency was changed to Amazon Garden: Uniform Lesbians.[3] He sometimes uses whimsical pseudonyms in his directorial credit, such as "Jean-Luc Zeze" or "South Pole #1". After a decade of making pink films, Zeze turned to mainstream releases in 1997 with Kokkuri.[3] While continuing to work in the pink film genre, he has since directed several mainstream successes such as Rush!, Hysteric and Dog Star.[4] In 2002 Zeze was honored with a career retrospective at Italy's Far East Film Festival.[4]
[edit] Partial filmography
| Release title[5] | Zeze's title | Release date | Studio |
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| Extracurricular Activity: Rape! 課外授業 暴行 Kagai Jugyo: Boko |
Go to Haneda and You Will See Kids Dressed like Pirates Ready to Attack | 1989-06-24 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Beast Lust: Devil Rampage 獣欲魔 乱行 Juyoku-ma Ranko |
Blue Sky | 1989-12-02 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Indecent Tongue Technique 破廉恥舌戯テクニック Harenchi Zetsugi Technique |
Moon Over the Desert | June 1990 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Molester's Train: Rie's Fundoshi Underwear 痴漢電車 りえのフンドシ Chikan Densha: Rie no Fundoshi |
Coconut Crush | June 1990 | Media Top/Shintoho |
| Obscene Runaway Gang: Beast 猥褻暴走集団 獣 Waisetsu Boso Shudan: Kemono |
Noman's Land | 1991-05-18 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Amazon Garden: Uniform Lesbians 禁男の園 ザ・制服レズ Kindan no Sono: The Seifuku Les |
My Existence Is a Phenomenon Based on the Hypothesis of Blue Light Generated by Organic Currency | 1992-10-10 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Molester's Train: Mischievous Wives 痴漢電車 いけない妻たち Chikan Densha: Ikenai Tsuma-tachi |
My Train Is Supposed to be Going North But It's Going South | 1992-11-28 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Widow: Bliss on the Seventh Day of Mourning 未亡人 初七日の悶え Mibojin: Shonanuka no Modae |
The Monk Farted | 1993-03-19 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Widow: Bliss in a Mourning Dress 未亡人 喪服の悶え Mibojin: Mofuku no Modae |
Modern Story About Bandits | 1993-11-19 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| High Class Bathhouse Sex Technique: Blissful Secret Acts 高級ソープテクニック４ 悶絶秘戯 Kokyu Soap Technique: Monzetsu Higi |
Dream of the Phoenix | 1994-04-22 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Genuine Lesbian: Embarrassing Position 本番レズ 恥ずかしい体位 Honban Les: Hazukashii Taii |
Fallen Angels in September | 1994-11-25 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Lots of Dirty Stuff すけべてんこもり Sukebe Tenkomori |
End of the World | 1995-07-28 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Endless Sex 終わらないセックス Owaranai Sex |
Night-Chirping Locust | 1995-09-15 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Red Love Affair 赫い情事 Akai Joji |
The Expected Scene | 1996-01-12 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Kokkuri / Fox Spirit ＫＯＫＫＵＲＩ・こっくりさん Kokkuri-san |
1997-05-24 | Nikkatsu | |
| Woman with Black Underwear: Snake-Headed Fish 黒い下着の女 雷魚 Kuroi Shitagi no Onna: Raigyo |
1997-05-31 | Kokuei/Shintoho | |
| アナーキー・インじゃぱんすけ 見られてイク女 Anaakii in Jyapansuke: Rensa Yūkai |
1999-04-23 | Kokuei/Shintoho | |
| Hysteric | I Don't Want to Let You Go Until Dawn | 2000-05-06 | Legend Pictures |
| Tokyo X Erotica トーキョー×エロティカ 痺れる快楽 Tokyo X Erotica: Shibireru Kairaku |
2001-08-31 | Kokuei/Shintoho | |
| Rush! | 2001-06-23 | ElkInfinity | |
| Dog Star ドッグ・スター |
2002-04-27 | Omega Micott Inc./Legend Pictures | |
| Moon Child | 2003-04-19 | Shochiku/Mainichi Shimbun/WoWow | |
| Yuda 「エロス番長」シリーズ ユダ "Eros Honban" Series: Yuda |
2004-08-21 | EuroSpace | |
| A Gap in the Skin 肌の隙間 Hada no Sukima |
2004-12-07 | Kokuei/Shintoho | |
| Sanctuary | 2006-10-07 | Legend Pictures | |
| Shisei: Ochita Jorōgumo | 2007-01-13 | NTT Resonant/Art Port |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Domenig, Roland (2002). Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga (English). Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
- ^ Zeze, Takahisa quoted in Takahisa Zeze interview (English). midnighteye.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
- ^ a b c Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Takahisa Zeze)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 487. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
- ^ a b Takahisa Zeze interview (English). midnighteye.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
- ^ Filmography from Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Takahisa Zeze)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 487-492. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.; Takahisa Zeze at the Internet Movie Database and 瀬々敬久 (Takahisa Zeze) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
[edit] Sources
- Takahisa Zeze interview (English). midnighteye.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
- Takahisa Zeze (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
- Takahisa Zeze (English). at The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- Takahisa Zeze at the Internet Movie Database
- 瀬々敬久 (Takahisa Zeze) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Takahisa Zeze)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 487-492. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
